Dough-rolling machine



Nov. 29, 1927 J. KUKLA DoUGH ROLLING MACHINE Filed July sa4 1926 INVENTOR Fatented Nov. 29, 192?.

JQSEPH KUKLA, F MONONGAH, WEST VIRGINIA.

BOUGE-ROLLING `MAHINE.

Application le July 9, 1926. Serial No. 121,321.

rlhis invention relates to a dough lrolling machine, and has for its object to provide an apparatus of this character which shall be especially adapted for working the dough e into a flat layer, which may then be cut into strips with a suitable implement.

A further object is a novel mechanism for actuating the roller elements and maintaining a degree of flexibility in the pressure applied thereby.

The apparatus is so constructed that it may be taken apart for cleaning and is provided with a means for attaching to a table, shelf, or the like when it is desired to place it in operation.

` The foregoing objects and other features and advantages of the device will be fully described in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a vertical section showing a side view of the elements of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view on a smaller scale.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in vertical section on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on lthe line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the implement used for cutting the dough into suitable strips.

The principal parts of the apparatus are constructed preferably of wood, although other suitable material may be employed if desired. Y

Referring more particularly to Figure 1 of the drawings, a frame 10 supports a bed plate 11 there being legs at the four corners for this purpose as those shown at 12 and 13. These legs are secured to a table 14 by means of hooks' as those shown at 15 and 16. Extendin upward from the corners are posts as s own at 17 and 18 of Figure 1 and 19 and 2O of Figure 2. Cross pieces 21 and 22 extend across the frame at the ends and rest upon the corner posts, being secured by vertical extensions of the said posts which pass through slots in the said cross pieces. Side rails as shown at 8 and 9 in Figure 2 are provided at the edges of the bed plate.

The traversing element 25 comprises vertical side frames as that shown at 26, these being placed at opposite sides of the machine and having rotatably mounted at their lower ends an idler roller 27 which bears against the bottom of the bed plate 11. Above the said bed plate is mounted the dough roller A' Cl shown at 36`which engage pins as at 37.

28 which has shoulders as that shown in Figure 3 at 29 which bear against the Lside frames. Referring again to Figure 3, bear- I ng blocks as that shown at 30 rest on the 60 ]ournals as shown at 38 of the dough roller. Within a slotted portion of the side frames as that shown at 31 are placed compression springs as that shown at 32 and again at 33, 1n Figure 1. Still referring to Figure 3, pms as that shown at 34 keep the said springs 1n place. These pins may be turned so as to permit of the removal of the cross bar 35 which is otherwise secured by hooks as that "l0 The journals of the dough roller are extended outward from the points of bearing and are provided with sleeves as that shown at 45 which have a limited degree of Inovement controlled by the slots as that shown 76 at 46 and the studs 47. A tension is maintained on this sleeve by means of the springs 48 and 49 as seen in Figure 4. A To the sleeve as that shown at 45 are connected by means of rivets, or the like 51 80 and 52, belts as seen at 53 and 54 of Figure 3 and 55 and 56 of Figure 2 of the drawings. These belts are connected at their opposite ends to the end pieces 21 and 22. A crank 53 seen in Figures 1 and 2 is secured to the 85 dough roller and when rotated acts through the belts to move the elements supporting the said roller from one end of the machine to the other, the belts winding and unwinding as the motion is in one direction, or the other. By this means the dough roller is made to pass back and forth over the dough which is placed on the bed plate and which, by this manipulation is reduced to the desii-ed thickness and consistency, after which it may be cut into strips by means of the implement shown in lFigure 5 of the drawings. Scrapers 57 and 58 engage the sides of the dough roller and remove any material which has adhered thereto. These Scrapers are pivotally mounted on suitable frames at the ends as that shown at 60 and are held in spring tension against the sides of the roller by means of the cross bar 61 and the spring 62. Y

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I do not wish to be held rigidly to the exact details of constructionv as illustrated, but claim the right to such minor modifications as may come within the scope of the appended claims.. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a machine of the class described, a supporting frame, a bed plate mounted thereon, vertical side frames placed opposite to each other and connected at the top by a cross bar and at the bottom b an idler roller which bears against the un er side of the said bed plate, and a dough roller rotatably mounted between the said side frames and above the bed plate, and having slidable bearin blocks resting upon the journals thereo and depressed by suitable rings, and belts secured near to the extremities of the dough roller journals and,I ,extending therefrom to oints of connection to the end members of t e supporting frame, the said belts attached to the roller elements in such a manner that the one will wind around the element while the other is unwinding therefrom, and means to rotate the dough roller and to move same from end to end of the bed plate through the action of the opposed belts as above describedLand means to scrape off particles of dough which may adhere to the said roller when in o eration.

2.In a machine of t e class described, a supporting frame, a bed plate mounted therein and a traversing element comprising vertical side frames connected at the top b a cross bar and at the bottom by an idler ro er and having a dough roller adapted to bear against the surface of the bed plate mounted in conjunction therewith and adapted to be moved from end to end thereof by means of belts which are connected ingpalrs on each side Pf the machine, the said pairs each having intermediate endssecured to a sleeve on the end of the dough roller and so aixed that the of one thereon will cause the unwindin of the other, andthe said sleeve bein hel in tension by rings attached to it an to the said dough ro er and having its movement with relation to the said roller limited by a slidable stop elment, and means to scrape adhering particles from the sides of the said roller.

8. In a machine of the class described, a sujpiorting frame and means to secure same in ed position, a bed plate mounted therein in an elevated position, side rails on the said bed plate, and a movable roller supporting element mounted in conjunction with the said bed late and constructed as follows, vertical si e frames connected at the top by means of a cross bar and at the bottom by an idler roller which bears ainst the under sideof the bed plate, an a dough roller rotatabl mounted between the said side frames a ove the said bed late and having a degree of vertical play an forced downward by means of bearing blocks having compression springs resting thereon, and sleeves 4mounted over the extremities of the said JosEPH Kom 

